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aid in the work for the education of women in which 

 that institution is engaged. 



A doubt as to the best way of acknowledging the 

 gift and the sympathy it represents has kept me 

 silent till now. But a friend suggests that you might 

 put us in the way of searching that gentle Joanna 

 Hoar who speaks across the lapse of time so cordially 

 and sweetly. In that case will you express, if not to 

 her, to some of her living descendants, the thanks of 

 Radcliffe College for the scholarship which she has so 

 generously endowed. 



Perhaps I may be allowed to add my own respect- 

 ful gratitude for her valued letter to me. 



With great regard. 



Most cordially yours, 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 



TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ FROM A DESCENDANT OF THE 

 WIDOW JOANNA HOAR 



Concord, Massachusetts , October 15, 1894 

 Dear Mrs. Agassiz: I am honored by the receipt 

 of your courteous letter. If, as I suppose, the Joanna 

 Hoar to whom you refer is a lady from whom I am de- 

 scended, I know no means of communicating with 

 her. Even the messenger entrusted by the Post Office 

 with a "special delivery" letter might decKne to risk 

 the chances of getting back, if he were to undertake 

 the delivery in person. So I adopted the other alterna- 

 tive which you suggest, and stated the case to two of 

 her most conspicuous descendants of our time. Sena- 

 tor George F. Hoar, of Worcester, and Mr. Charles F. 



